diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
index de34103..93fbf92 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
@@ -154,11 +154,3 @@ QPDF_Array::eraseItem(int at)
 {
     this->elements.erase(QIntC::to_size(at));
 }
-
-void
-QPDF_Array::addExplicitElementsToList(std::list<QPDFObjectHandle>& l) const
-{
-    for (auto const& iter: this->elements) {
-        l.push_back(iter.second);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh
index 56c0101..88397ba 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ class QPDF_Array: public QPDFValue
     void appendItem(QPDFObjectHandle const& item);
     void eraseItem(int at);
 
-    // Helper methods for QPDF and QPDFObjectHandle -- these are
-    // public methods since the whole class is not part of the public
-    // API. Otherwise, these would be wrapped in accessor classes.
-    void addExplicitElementsToList(std::list<QPDFObjectHandle>&) const;
-
   private:
     QPDF_Array(std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> const& items);
     QPDF_Array(std::vector<std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>>&& items);